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Monday, November 22, 2010

The Demonata: Lord Loss

I recently read the book "The Demonata: Lord Loss". I thought it was a crazy, but great book.

It was one night when Grubsitch "Grubbs" Grady got dropped of at his aunts house down the block. He didn't know why they brought him there, but as soon as they left the drive way he started to run back home. When he got there, his dad's chess boards were either broken, shattered, or laying all across the floor. He approached his parents room, the door was hot. Grubbs heard rips, snaps, and cracks, then one very deep evil laugh. He shot the door open as fast as he could. There were web strands all across every wall in the room. There was something dripping from the ceiling. His dad's head fell down. Without any thought, Grubbs screamed with shock. His mom was on the other side of the room. A crocodile head, with the human body, was ripping her apart. Then in the back of the room Grubbs could see my sister, Grubbs yelled at his sister to run to the door so they could escape. Then he realized, a huge dog was handling her like she was his chew toy, or bone.

From this passage me and Grubbs have nothing in common obviously. Throughout the book I can see that we are getting a lot more in common. He likes to hang out with his uncle a lot, I mean I don't think my uncle is a werewolf or anything but I love to hang out with him. Grubbs finds out that his friend Bill.E is his long lost brother, him and Bill.E love to go adventuring in the woods right in the back of the house, my brother and I usually go to the park and go to the woods and just walk through and see what amazing things we can find.

We also aren't very alike more than alike. Grubbs and his uncle go to the Demon world, play chess, and fight of three demons. Grubss brother Bill.E ans sister both turn into werewolves. After Grubbs experience with the Demons and parents, he had to go to a mental hospital. I've never even seen a mental hospital! When he fights the demons after his parents are dead, he finds out he has magic. I don't even know if magic is real in the real life?

I liked that in the book Grubbs uncle takes him out of the hospital, trains him for the fight of his life, and takes him in with care and protection. I like that his uncle brings him to his house, instead of just letting him go back, his uncles house is in a peaceful quiet town. I also like how they fight for Bill.E, Grubbs brother and Grubbs doesn't even know that he's his brother yet. I like how after the game of chess the uncle had to fight the demon. His body stayed with Grubbs in the real world, but not his soul. Grubbs didn't know how long he would be gone, or maybe he wouldn't even come back? Then one day Grubbs found blood on his face hair on his face and fingers, and dirt in his nails. He ran down stairs and headed for the phone for help. Then his uncle yelled at him to stop. He won! He beat the demon and came back!

I don't like how in the beginning when he sees his parents, they define it so much. I mean what I said his not what the book said, it was a lot worse. I just put it into better terms. I didn't really like the fact that they had to play the demon in five games a chess to save Bill.E from the werewolf curse. I mean chess, I mean come on really? I thought they were going to have to actually fight him. Well after the game of chess his uncle has to fight the demon. So the boy has to live by himself for who knows how long, his uncle may have never return.

Overall I thought it was a great book, as you can see. Although some I had nothing in common with and some I very well did. There were things I liked, and things that didn't really catch my attention or that really wasn't that good.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Santa Claus? Or Sinterklaas?

We all know the jolly old fat man, Santa Clause the one who has elves who make all the toys, and he can fit through a chimney when he's 10 times it's size, right?


Well Santa Clause turns out to be a real person. You think I'm talking about the North pole Santa, I know. Although Santa was born in Turkey. As you all know his real name is not Santa Clause, it is Saint Nicholas. Saint Nicholas was a generous man, that was devoted to children. After he died in 340 A.D. he was buried in Myra. A couple of years later, Italian soldiers stole the remains that were left of him, making Saint Nicholas even more popular through Europe. Many people said that Saint Nicholas could perform miracles and devotion.


Churches in Europe honored him by having a big feast for the town, December sixth every year. Yes, that is why Saint Nicholas comes and fills our stockings with goods. Although that is on the fifth, but I really don't know why. After awhile Saint Nicholas's followers left and forgot him. His legend was yet still kept alive in Holland where the Dutch spelling of his name was Sint Nikolaas, it was eventually transformed into Sinterklaas. Just like us but a little different, Dutch children would put their wood shoes by the fire, and Saint Nicholas would fill them with goods of all sorts. Dutch colonists brought over the name to America, and there for it became Santa Clause.


Santa Clause has many different names from our country and others. United States: Santa Clause Brazil: Papai Noel China: Shengdan Laoren Chile: Viejo Pascuero Dutch: Sinterklaas England: Father Christmas Italy: Babbo Natale Russia: Ded Moroz. There is many more from all around the world!


There are some places or families that don't even have Christmas. Maybe they have Honnukah, or Quanza, but some don't have anything. I just wonder what it's like having a rule that you can't have Christmas or something close to that.


Kids have believed in Santa, coming through your chimney and eats your cookies and drinks your milk. Now to me that's mean for people who like cookies, and why would he take someones cookies?! Look all I'm trying to say is, who would do such a thing to little kids, that love you, because you give them presents once every year?




Well overall Santa is a pretty nice elderly magical man. I can't believe he goes around the world in one night! Just kidding. Since the time is different, like Japan in almost a day ahead of us, so I guess he has tow days to go around the world.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Thanks giving for the undead family

A couple years ago, a family, the Leopardz. While they were in their house cooking a lovely dinner, their house set on fire. They had no phones, no cars, and they lived out in the middle of nowhere. The smoke rose up high enough to where the whole town could see it. When the fire department got there the whole house was blazing. They ran into the house to get the family. There was nothing left of them, when the fire men got out everyone asked what happened. They didn't respond, although they told the mayor what happened. He told them to exterminate the house, because this town was nearly the safest town in the world and if the world was to know about this we would go down. Every year they kept leaving it there, but only because every Thanks giving people would be in the house cooking a lovely dinner, and every time it would start on fire again, although it would never burn down, and they would never die. Except this year, they tore it down. It was a little after Halloween, people started to find there families tore apart like they were eaten. They kept reporting it to the police, but right after they reported it the family would get them. The family would get the whole family cover up the tracks, then set the house on fire, just as there death happened. The cops would look everywhere for the bodies, but they were never found. On Thanks giving day, the mayor found all the bodies stuffed in his bedroom. He called the cops, but before he could even say help or anything for that matter, the undead family got him. Four months later the town has no more living people. The undead family still waits for it to get populated again then on Thanks giving they will do it over again. The next year it re populates. Halloween day a couple of kids want to scare someone so they go into the woods and find the remains of the house, and once again there are people cooking inside of it, then it starts on fire. The kids yell for them to get out, but they didn't respond. So they started running toward the town. Then one of the little girls in the family jumped from a bush and politely said hello. The kids saw her but they were running so fast they ran into her. When they ran into her, they all fell down a hill leading to the town. They finally stopped rolling, and when they did the girl was all scraped up. They asked if she was okay. She said she was fine. They asked her if she wanted to go trick or treating with them. She went to go ask her parents. When she came back to down she told them that they said no. Although they refused, to let her go back to that house, so they started walking together down the street to trick or treat. It was around 11:00 when they started to walk back to the house. The boys asked what was wrong with her house. She said it was her death. They asked what she was talking about. "I am dead, I have been dead for a long time now." The boys looked at each other and laughed. "Good one, but we caught on to the joke, you saw us at your house so you quickly got dressed up and planned to do that fake fire thing to your house." She started to walk up the hill and told they to come with. They looked at each other. "Well, we mind as well." When they got up to the house they went in and she introduced them to her family. When they saw the family, they freaked out. The whole family had hanging skin, blood, and scars on their whole body. The boys quickly ran to the door. The girl jumped in front of them and told them they can't leave until you understand that we are dead. "We believe you now that we see what your family looks like." They said "Well now that you are here we need something to eat" The whole family said. "Well I guess we could go down to th- Oh wait now I get it, you are going to eat us aren't you?" They asked. "Yes, first you then the rest of this miserable town. The girl hysterically said. From that day forth the Undead family has done the same thing every year, for all they want is peace and quiet. Oh and food. A few years later a couple of cops went up to the house and found the bones of the family. They brought them to the station and examined them. "The only way to kill this family is to set their bones on fire" The deputy said. Well they did and sure enough everything was finally gone.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

The terror of th Chupapa

There once was a family the "bleucooks". There were five kids a mom and a dad. The kids were Xavier, Sara, Kevin, Brittany, and Mitchell. The mom and dad were Tina, and Phil. Their family died in the resent war of the teddy grahams. So they were literally the only ones left.

It was around Thanksgiving. Tina and Phil loved Xavier and Brittany the most so they would send them two out to get all the supplies they needed for food. When Xavier and Brittany went out to get the food they would always go to the park first. Now this place was dangerous, the whole park was filled with the after life's. So they had to be very careful while they played. Xavier was running as fast as he could when he tripped over a huge wood chip. When he fell, he started to look under the slide. There was a shadow. He started to walk closer to it when he heard his sister scream for help. So he looked everywhere for her, he couldn't find her so he called his older brother Mitchell. Mitchell has a car so he got there pretty fast.


When he got there I told him what happened. I thought he would asked where I heard the scream from, but I guess I was wrong. He slapped me then called me dumb. "Well that wasn't very nice, now was it". I asked him sarcastically so he slapped me again. After that he actually did ask me where I heard the scream from. "I heard it from over by the pond." "Why was she over there, she know we don't let her go over there!". He replied back. " Well let's just go look for her, instead of just standing here." So of we went to go look for the missing sister. When we got over to the pond there she was sitting there with flowers everywhere. We asked her what she screamed for. " Cause the flowers were tickling me." "Well you know you're not suppose to be over here." we both replied. "You had me scared!". I said loudly. "Well I'm sorry, Mitchell you can go home we were about to go get the food anyways." she demanded.

Mitchell left and we started to walk to the abandon store. It was a couple miles away from the park so it took awhile to get there. When they got there they saw little things moving in the store. "What do you think they are?" Brittany asked. "To tell you the truth sis I don't know." I replied. We didn't mind so we just walked in to the store anyways. We were looking for regular food are family hated organic food and what not. "Wait, what was that?". Brittany asked. " What are you talking about I didn't hear anything." I said. There was a big "BOOM!". We both turned and looked. We were on different sides of the room so we ran to each other as fast as we could. "Now did you hear it?!" She yelled. "Yeah I heard that one obviously." I said. We walked around the whole store looking for whatever just made that sound. When we were about to just leave four small little puff balls jumped out of the freezer. We both looked at them with a confused look on our face. What are they?" I asked. "I don't know" she said. They each were different colors, and once in awhile they would bounce up and down. Then they all stopped and they had big smiles on their faces. One of them had red white and green on him, the second one was a ninja, the third one was a football player, and the fourth one was just blue and half way asleep.


We started to run out of the store but they just bounced over us and stood there. We turned around like we were going to run, so they jumped over us, we turned around quickly and ran out the door. "We made it!" Brittany said. I was about to say something when out of nowhere the puff balls jumped out of the store and started chasing us. I got my phone out and called the family house phone. Kevin and Sara picked up at the same time so they started fighting for the phone. I heard them so I yelled "Help us!". Kevin got the phone. "Help you with what?" He asked. "We are being chased by bouncing puff balls by the park!" I yelled. "Wait, so you're telling me I should believe a guy saying there is puff balls bouncing after him?" He asked. I gave Brittany the phone. "Kevin, we are honestly being attacked by bouncing puff balls!" she yelled. "Fine since both of you are telling me I'll believe you." he replied. Then he hung up the phone. Brittany told me what happened. "He didn't even believe you? Wow that's crazy." I said. "Yeah I know right." she said back. "Well let's just keep running and if they start to slow down we will hide somewhere." I said "Okay I guess I mean if we hide they might get a break then come find us." She remarked "Good point." I said. After a while of running we couldn't see them behind us so we stopped at the park. This time I kept my eye on Brittany the whole time without letting her out of sight.


We sat there for awhile because we were out of breathe, but then we finally decided to start walking back home. While we were walking back, we caught a glimpse of the puff balls bouncing after us again. So we started to run as fast as we could. Once again I tripped over a huge wood chip. I cut my leg open a little bit, but I was bleeding pretty bad. I told Brittany just to leave, but she wouldn't listen. She grabbed my phone and called Mitchell. He picked up the phone and said, "What happened this time?". "Well let's just say we are being chased by bouncing puff balls and Xavier just tripped over a huge wood chip and cut his leg open." she said. "Oh great, well I'll be there in a jiffy." he replied. "Wait! Out of all things to say you said in a jiffy?" she asked. "Okay does this really matter, how much blood is there?" He said. " A LOT! So hurry up!" she yelled. He got there fast once again. He told us that we should calm down, and that he doesn't believe. Then a bunch of the puff balls bounced and tackled him. After that he was bleeding too so It was only Brittany, she started to cry because she didn't know what to do. She called Sara and Kevin again, Sara picked up the phone and she was crying too. "What happened?" Brittany asked. "It's Kevin mom and dad, they're all dead." she replied. "Quick run over to the park as fast as you can okay?" Brittany said. Sara hung up and started running. When she got there Brittany was crying and talking to me and Mitchell saying it's going to be okay. "Did they get attacked too?" she said. "Yeah, they came out of nowhere." Brittany replied. Then about 1000 puff balls bounced out of the tree. Sara and Brittany didn't know what to do so they grabbed me and Mitchell over to the park slides. They were getting closer to the slides, then the puff balls bounced right in front of them. They started to scream and cry. Then a bright light came from mine and Mitchell's hearts. "What is going on?" Brittany asked. Mitchell got up duck taped his leg and turned the 21st century Terminator. "Wow, he looks hot!" Sara says. Then he grabbed a sword and a gun from his man purse. "Hey, narrator guy it's a sachel!" Mitchell yelled. Then I stood up with a big grin on my face. "Wow, he's really ugly." Brittany says. "Hey, you know that wasn't very nice!" I reply "Well it's true." She says. Me and Mitchell get our swords and guns and were all like "You're going down puff balls!" We both said "Wow, they really are cool!" The girls say. "Told you so." Sara says. Mitchell and I start going left to right blowing up the puff balls.


They finally finished blowing up the puff balls. "Wow, what should we call this day?" The girls ask. "We shall call it "The Terror Of The Chupapa's." Me and Mitchell replied. "So Sara I heard what you said about me." Mitchell said "And Brittany I heard and replied about what you said to me, you meanie!" I said "Well it's true!" she replies.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

What is the point?

Okay who have all heard of 9-11 and al qaeda going on planes or coming to America and they hold bombs somewhere in their body. Now they think that killing themselves to kill other people is what god believes in and that if they do what god believes then they will be rewarded with the after life. First off, god doesn't believe in that, second off what is the point even if god believes that it doesn't mean you should sit there and believe it with him. What god believes is for you to believe your own, not religion and what not. Look I'm not trying to be inappropriate with this post I'm just trying to prove a point.

What two flavor would you like to try?

For my new project I want to do it on gum, what the original purpose of it really was, some benefits and risks, and more. Now I will also be creating two flavors of gum, I just don't know what flavors to pick. So I'm asking you now to comment on this post and tell me what flavors you would like. They could be any flavor (literally) so be creative! :)

Monday, November 1, 2010

My Project

I finished and presented my project to my advisors. Here, I will list somethings I did or interesting things i earned through the process.

It was on music in different countries and how it has evolved over the passing years. I chose three countries America, Ireland, and Australia. I learned some very interesting facts about the music in these countries. In Australia the number one hit is Gold Digger By: Kanye West and they usually sing about there feelings towards the environment. In Ireland a lot of the instruments they use are very similar to ours. Like the bango, the bag pipes, or the bouzuki (a guitar in the shape of a pare and has a flat back. They started to sing about good times or important events when the British invaded Ireland. This has nothing to do but I found a very interesting fact about Michael Jackson, his first marriage was to Elvis Presley's only child! Anyways the record for instruments played in a song by one person, in the song " For you", Prince himself played 27 different instruments!!!

I also learned that American music is usually sang with one solo singer and an amount of back up singers. They usually just sing about whatever comes to mind, they don't sing about one thing in particular every time. Some of the instruments you know like the guitar, saxophone, or the drums. There is more than just the basics that you have heard and think are really cool. You probably know the keyboard, but do you know what you can do with it? In most songs the keyboard is the back up singer like in the song "Baller" also performed By: Kanye West. Yeah it's pretty weird I mean I didn't know that you could make a keyboard sing until I heard that song. You can even make a drum sound like it's singing b putting it in to your own pitch, there is a high medium and low pitch for every drum you just got to find the right place to hit the drum.

Well I talked to you about instruments, what they sing about, why they sing about it, and more interesting facts. This project was really fun as you can see.